The Los Angeles Kings beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 in regulation, and the margin came entirely after the first intermission. Tied 2-2 through 20 minutes, the Kings scored the game's final four goals and never trailed again.
Anaheim led twice in the opening period, through Nikita Nesterenko at eight minutes and Beckett Sennecke at 17, with Scott Laughton and then Adrian Kempe answering each time to make it 2-2 after one. Mats Zuccarello's goal at 29 put Los Angeles ahead 3-2, and the third period settled it: Alex Turcotte at 42 and 49, then Erik Haula at 52 for 6-2.
Turcotte's two-goal third was the difference-maker, but Drew Doughty was the connective tissue with three assists — on Kempe's equalizer, Turcotte's 4-2 and Haula's finisher. Anaheim was shut out over the last 40 minutes after opening with two goals in the first.